Robert Ross Johnstone (April 7, 1926 – December 31, 2009) was a Canadian professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

player who played 42 games in the

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with the

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during the 1943–44 and 1944–45 seasons. In 1945 his name was put on the Stanley Cup. He was born in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

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Regular season and playoffs

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* 1926 births 2009 deaths Atlantic City Sea Gulls (EHL) players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Detroit Hettche players Ice hockey people from Montreal New Haven Ramblers players Oshawa Generals players Pittsburgh Hornets players Providence Reds players Springfield Indians players Stanley Cup champions Toronto Maple Leafs players Toronto Marlboros players {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1920s-stub